Moth destroyer



Sept. 7 1926.

'w. e. WAGNER MOTH DESTROYER Filed June 17, 1925 lNVENTOR AITORNEY I Patented Sept. .7, 1926.

UNITED YSTATES- WILLIAM G. WAGNER, OF SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA.

Morn DESTBOYER.

Application filed June 17, 1925. Serial No. 37,803.

My present invention has reference to a means for prevent-in garments being infested and destroyed y moths.

An object is the provision of a clothes I hanger having a foraminous body and an open top for the insertion of an insect destroying powder with a pivoted closure for the opening, and in which the said closure is provided with a hookor like ele- 1o ment whereby the device, as a whole may be suspended from a suitable support.

To the attainment of the foregoing, reference is to be had to the drawings which accompany an'd'form part of this application. a

a In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of a moth or other insect destroying device in accordance with this invention, the improvement being in the nature of. a clothes hanger and parts of which are broken away and in section.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Figure 3 isan end view thereof.

Referring now to the drawings in detail,

' the numeral 1 designates the outer casing of the improvement. The rear wall of the casing 1 is straight, and the corners thereof are rounded, as at 2, while the front thereof is bowed. outwardly from the said rounded I 3 corners. The bowed portion 3 has its upper part arranged at an inclination, as at 4, so that the front, at the top-portion thereof, is straight or parallel with the back 5. The casing 1 is rounded, on its upper face from its ends to its center, and the said center -ture.

is provided with an opening 6 When a coarse odoriferous insect destroying powder is employed it is inserted through the openmg 6 directly into the hollow body 1, but when a fine powder is employed, I arran e in the hollow body 1 a second hollow bo y 7 that corresponds in shape to that of the said body 1. The body 7 is of closewire mesh so that particles of powder cannot ercolate through the strands 'fthereof an as 4 a consequence will not contact with the garment supported by the hanger.

The opening 6 is normally covered by a closure 8. In this instance, the closure is in the nature of a substantially U-shaped memher whose sides 9 bridge the up er portion at the center of the member 1 an are ivoted to the said sides, as at 9'. The c osure 8 carries a book 10 whereby the hanger may be suspended in a closet or the like.

Having described the invention, I claim In a device for the purpose set forth, a foraminous casing havin an outwardly extending centrally rounde top provided with an inlet opening, of a combined support and closure for said opening, 'comprisin a member which is substantially U-sha-pe in plan and which has its side flanges hingedly se cured to the sides of the member, and its intermediate or connecting portion disposed over the opening, and a hook on said closure providing a means for suspending the memher and likewise providing a means for swinging the closure to open or closed position. 1

In testimony whereof I afiix my signa- WILLIAM G. WAGNER. 

